ghsa-4j2p-j8c6-h5p8
Vulnerability from github
Published
2021-12-28 00:00
Modified
2022-07-13 00:01
Details

Privilege escalation vulnerability in Avast Antivirus prior to 20.4 allows a local user to gain elevated privileges by "hollowing" trusted process which could lead to the bypassing of Avast self-defense.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-45339"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-269"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-12-27T14:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Privilege escalation vulnerability in Avast Antivirus prior to 20.4 allows a local user to gain elevated privileges by \"hollowing\" trusted process which could lead to the bypassing of Avast self-defense.",
  "id": "GHSA-4j2p-j8c6-h5p8",
  "modified": "2022-07-13T00:01:50Z",
  "published": "2021-12-28T00:00:29Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-45339"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/the-deniss/Vulnerability-Disclosures/tree/main/CVE-2021-AVST0"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.avast.com/hacker-hall-of-fame/en/researcher-david-eade-reports-antitrack-bug-to-avast-0"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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